Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of war on which they are embarking.

Every new car, you open the door, and you look at all those internal mellifluous swoopy bits, and they have no meaning.

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.

One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration

Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else.

I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.

Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?

The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier and simpler.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style

How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.